THE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTER HILL.
[Press Special Wlre.J Dunedin, February 9. A preliminary enquiry was beld in the Custom House yesterday, before the Collector of Customs and Captain Thomson, concerning the death of William Taylor, who met his death by falling from the mast of the Easterhill when on her voyage to this port. William Evans, the master of the barque Easterhill, was the first witness called. He deposed that the lad in his fall struck the boat skid, and must have been killed before reaching the water, as the body sank quickly. There was no use in throwing a life buoy, or bringing the ship to. A steerage passenger, named Hill, said he watched the body for five or ten minutes, and did not see it sink. Nothing was done on board to pick it up. One of the seamen jumped overboard, and nearly reached the body, but he was quite done up when he got back. The mate also gave evidence, and said that no effort was made to pick up the body. Henry Burnett, a passenger, said that he believed the lad was killed by the fall. The inquiry was ad journed till Monday.
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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1553, 10 February 1879, Page 3
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